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| Bill Cosby will face sexual assault charges |
A judge in Pennsylvania has said that
prosecutors can pursue criminal sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby. The
comedian's attorneys had tried to get the court to dismiss the case.
Cosby’s attorneys had sought to dismiss
the case on the grounds that he made a deal with a previous district attorney
that he would not be prosecuted in connection with Andrea Constand’s
allegations of sexual assault in 2004. Cosby’s attorneys
claimed then-District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. agreed that Cosby
would never be prosecuted, and he would then give a deposition in her civil
case.
Judge Steven O’Neill issued the ruling
after a two-day hearing. The judge also rejected the defence’s effort to have
the current Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele removed from the
case.
Cosby has denied the allegations of
sexual assault levelled against him. Cosby faces three felony counts of
aggravated indecent assault. He is charged with drugging and then sexually
abusing Constand, who was an employee of Temple University.
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